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Menzies, Robert

Period of Service: 19/12/1949 - 26/01/1966
Release Date:
16/02/1962
Release Type:
Media Release
Transcript ID:
468
Document:
00000468.pdf 1 Page(s)
Released by:
  • Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon
PM 25/1962 - Minister-in-Charge of the C.S.I.R.O

P. M, No. 25 /1962

The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, announced today that he has appointed Senator the Honourable J. G. Gorton, Minister for the Navy, as Minister-in-Charge of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organization. Since the changes in the Ministry, late in December last, the Prime Minister has, himself, been responsible for the C. S. I. R. O.

CANBERRA,
16th February, 1962.

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